IP Library Granted Patent US 9,060,554
Granted Patent B2
US 9,060,554 · App. 14/076,563 · Granted Jun 23, 2015

Method and system for holding nails

Inventor: Ivy Bullard (Moriarty, NM)
Assignee: DolphinGrips LLC
A41D19/01594A41D13/087B25C3/008A41D19/01547
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,060,554
App. No.
14/076,563
Granted
Jun 23, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method, system, and apparatus for holding a connecting instrument comprises a first member including a first finger cup and a first needle nose tip formed on the forward end of the finger cup and a second member comprising a second finger cup and a second needle nose tip formed on the forward end of the second finger cup wherein the first needle nose tip and the second needle nose tip are configured to grip a connecting device as it is being driven into a target.

Claims (14)

1. A system for holding a connecting instrument comprising:

a first member comprising a first finger cup and a first needle nose tip formed on a forward end of said first finger cup;

a second member comprising a second finger cup and a second needle nose tip formed on a forward end of said second finger cup wherein said first needle nose tip and said second needle nose tip are configured to grip a connecting device;

an interior bottom side of said first finger cup and an interior bottom side of said second finger cup formed with a wedge shape such that an interior forward end of said first finger cup and an interior forward end of said second finger cup are lower than an interior back end of said first finger cup and an interior back end of said second finger cup;

an exterior bottom side of said first member and an exterior bottom side of said second member are flat, wherein said first finger cup is configured to ergonomically accept a user's index finger and said second finger cup is configured to ergonomically accept a user's thumb;

a glove wherein said first member and said second member are formed in a thumb and a forefinger of said glove; and

a magnetized holding cup configured on said glove wherein said magnetized holding cup is configured to hold at least one spare connecting device.

2. The system of claim 1 further comprising a retaining device connected to an exterior surface of said first finger cup and an exterior surface of said second finger cup, and further configured to attach to a user, thereby preventing said apparatus from being dropped.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein said first needle nose tip and said second needle nose tip further comprise a plurality of teeth for gripping said connecting device.

4. The system of claim 3 wherein said first member and said second member are formed of at least one of:

metal;

plastic;

rubber; and

nylon.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 11, 2013
From: BULLARD, IVY
To: DOLPHINGRIPS LLC
Reel/Frame 031616/0453 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61789512 · Mar 15, 2013
Related Publication 20140259281A1 · Sep 18, 2014